Andrew Bernard
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Andrew B. Bernard is an American economist, currently the Jack Byrne Professor of International Economics at the Tuck School of Business
at Dartmouth College
in Hanover, New Hampshire
, United States. He also is director of the Center for International Business at Tuck. He has been on the faculty at Tuck since 1999. He received his A.B.
from Harvard and his Ph.D.
from Stanford University
in economics in 1991 and was on the faculty at MIT and Yale School of Management
prior to coming to Tuck.
At the Tuck School, Professor Bernard teaches a core MBA course on Global Economics for Managers as well as an elective focused on global issues facing firms. He also created a new course in Societal Leadership and Microfinance, and teaches in the Tuck Executive Program and the "Back in Business" program.
Professor Bernard is an expert on firm and industry responses to globalization. He was one of the first academics to study how firms respond to globalization and has published papers on exporting, offshoring, outsourcing, and productivity, including his most recent publication entitled, "Firms in International Trade" published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. He has also examined the strategic response of U.S. and German firms to competition from low-cost countries such as China, transfer pricing decisions by US-based multinationals, and the effects of tariff and trade cost reductions on firm performance and productivity growth in the economy. His current research is focused on analyzing the factors multinational firms consider when entering multiple product markets in different countries, where they choose to produce those products, and how they are sourced. He received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support his work on firms and products in international trade.
In addition to being published in top academic journals such as the Harvard Business Journal and the American Economic Review, Bernard's research has been featured on CNN, CNBC, Good Morning America, MSNBC, NPR, the BBC, and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Nikkei, Fortune, and Business Week. Professor Bernard is an associate editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of International Economics.
Professor Bernard is also an independent Director of the Chicago-based National Stock Exchange and a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London, and the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Most recently, he has lectured at the IMF, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission on the topic of firms and globalization. In recent years, he has been a Visiting Scholar at both the Federal Reserve Board and the New York Federal Reserve Bank and has consulted with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the NIST Manufacturing Extension Program.
on the NBC sitcom The Office was named after Professor Bernard, a childhood friend of executive producer Greg Daniels.
Tuck School of Business
The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States...
at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
in Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....
, United States. He also is director of the Center for International Business at Tuck. He has been on the faculty at Tuck since 1999. He received his A.B.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from Harvard and his Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in economics in 1991 and was on the faculty at MIT and Yale School of Management
Yale School of Management
The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...
prior to coming to Tuck.
At the Tuck School, Professor Bernard teaches a core MBA course on Global Economics for Managers as well as an elective focused on global issues facing firms. He also created a new course in Societal Leadership and Microfinance, and teaches in the Tuck Executive Program and the "Back in Business" program.
Professor Bernard is an expert on firm and industry responses to globalization. He was one of the first academics to study how firms respond to globalization and has published papers on exporting, offshoring, outsourcing, and productivity, including his most recent publication entitled, "Firms in International Trade" published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. He has also examined the strategic response of U.S. and German firms to competition from low-cost countries such as China, transfer pricing decisions by US-based multinationals, and the effects of tariff and trade cost reductions on firm performance and productivity growth in the economy. His current research is focused on analyzing the factors multinational firms consider when entering multiple product markets in different countries, where they choose to produce those products, and how they are sourced. He received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support his work on firms and products in international trade.
In addition to being published in top academic journals such as the Harvard Business Journal and the American Economic Review, Bernard's research has been featured on CNN, CNBC, Good Morning America, MSNBC, NPR, the BBC, and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Nikkei, Fortune, and Business Week. Professor Bernard is an associate editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of International Economics.
Professor Bernard is also an independent Director of the Chicago-based National Stock Exchange and a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London, and the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Most recently, he has lectured at the IMF, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission on the topic of firms and globalization. In recent years, he has been a Visiting Scholar at both the Federal Reserve Board and the New York Federal Reserve Bank and has consulted with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the NIST Manufacturing Extension Program.
Trivia
The character Andy BernardAndy Bernard
Andrew "Andy" Baines Bernard is a fictional character from the U.S. television series The Office. The character is highly insecure, yet egotistical, constantly mentioning his education at Cornell University...
on the NBC sitcom The Office was named after Professor Bernard, a childhood friend of executive producer Greg Daniels.